Michael
LESCH arrived at the Cape in 1775 as a soldier from Amerdingen
in Germany. He died in the Swartland 15 July 1797. He had
a number of children with different women:
Spacie VAN DE KAAP and Lesch had four illegitimate
children. It is stated that "She had always shown an
exemplary conduct, and that she as well as her children, who
were recognised by Lesch as his own, had always sat down at
the same table with their master".
CHILDREN
b1 Lodewyk
b2 Andries Jacobus, X 22 Oct 1820 Regina Elizabeth Arendse
b3 Mietje
b4 Christiaan
b5
Johanna Helena baptised 8 Sep 1782 (Her mother was Amelia
van de Kaap)
b6Johan Willem Lodewyk brong 1790, baptised 10 Nov 1799 (His
mother was Johanna Maria Poggenpoel)
b7 Maria Johanna Elizabeth baptised 20 Jan 1803 (Her mother
was Elizabeth Poggenpoel), X 27 Jun 1819 Gottlieb Carleen
Sources:
Heese
en Lombard
JLM Franken " Dr J Hoge's 'Personalia of the Germans
at the Cape'" Africana Notes and News Vol VI no 1, Dec
1948
Thanks
to research by:
Thanks
to submissions by:
AM van Rensburg
